It is the policy of the United Kingdom (UK) government to publicly publish a list of deliberate defaulters. If an amount of tax default exceeds £25,000, the name of a person gets published in the list. A purpose of indicating name openly is to minimize the cases of deliberate defaulting.
A list published on Tuesday includes the name of Hasan Nawaz, a son of Pakistan Muslim League’s (PMLN) president and former Prime minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in defaulters list at second place labeling him a deliberate “tax defaulter”.
The list contains names of individuals and companies that HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC) issued penalties to, for making mistakes in tax payment or not obeying HMRC tax paying rules.
This list spots Hasan Nawaz as property developer with registered addresses at 1 Hyde Park Place and Avenfield House.
As per provided information, Hasan Nawaz failed to pay tax amount of £9.4 million between April 5, 2015, and April 6, 2016. The United Kingdom tax authority has also implemented a penalty of £5.2 million on him.
Last year in April 2024 , Hasan Nawaz was declared bankrupt by the High court of justice.
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Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) department filed and Kaur Maxwell represented a bankruptcy petition on August 25, 2023 due to pending dues and obligations.
He was declared bankrupt but tax fraud fines must still be paid under United Kingdom Government’s laws.
Hasan Nawaz was unavailable for comment.
A source close to him stated that his legal team is reviewing the case and will respond soon.
